[ SECRET POST #3318 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3318 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 026 secrets from Secret Submission Post #474.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[diet_poison]

I'm actually kind of surprised if it turns out to be true that Victorian-era people had no idea that drinking lots of water helps one to not be sick.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes the water was the problem!

[diet_poison]

Oh yeah, true!

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, sometimes the water and unclean water was the culprit, such as outbreaks of cholera. It's not that they had no idea that liquids were helpful, but they usually recommended tea, various broths, and gruel, which had plenty of water in it.

[diet_poison]

This is true. Good point. And broth was and is often a good option for people who are sick.

[tree_and_leaf]

Not a doctor, but as beef tea would have a bit of salt in it, it's probably better for rehydration than plain water.

Also, soup, tea etc would have been boiled, so (even though they didn't know why this was important), it was again a healthier choice.

[diet_poison]

Yeah, I was thinking that about the boiling too.

[(Anonymous)]

IIRC, champagne was often the drink of choice. (Or maybe that's just what I remember from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase!)

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't true, OP has assumed that they knew nothing about anything that we know now, which is a very common trope in itself. Clean water was hard to come by though. Small beer (very weak ale) would probably have been the resort.

[(Anonymous)]

The secret didn't say that Victorians had no idea drinking liquids was helpful, just that Watson would not phrase his medical advice that way, which is true. Also, you seem to be thinking of the Middle Ages. The Sherlock Holmes stories were set in Victorian times, and small beer or ale was not necessarily recommended to treat an illness.

As for beverages in general, Victorians did drink beer, but they had plenty of alcoholic options including gin, port, wine, sherry, brandy, alcoholic punches at parties, etc. Then there was tea, coffee and chocolate.